Orange spelt cake
Spelt is a good grain for cake baking, it has a nuttiness to it and a light texture.
SERVES
6
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
20
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
60
MINUTES
Ingredients
3 small oranges, sliced to ½ cm in thickness
100mls water
3 star anise
100mls golden caster sugar
125g spelt flour
1 tsp baking powder, sieved
100g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
225g soft butter
200g light muscovado sugar
3 eggs, lightly beaten
200g of cooking apples, grated
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C and line a 9-inch round cake tin with parchment.
Place the orange slices, star anise the caster sugar and water into a saucepan and allow to simmer very gently for ten minutes. Set aside.
Mix the spelt flour, baking powder, self-raising flour and ground cinnamon together until well combined. Set aside.
Beat the butter and muscovado sugar until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in the eggs then add in the flour mixture until smooth, Stir in the grated apple.
Lay the orange slices onto the base of the tin and keep the syrup. Scoop the cake batter on top of the orange slices. Bake for an hour or until baked through.
Once cool enough to handle turn the cake onto a large plate. Remove star anise and pour the remaining syrup over the cake.
